Eye Level : Michelle Tan Grew Her Eye Level Centre Six Times in Kuala Lumpur

This video features Michelle Tan, an Eye Level franchisee in Kuala Lumpur, walking through how she ended up in the network and what her centre looks like today. She entered the enrichment-education space in December 2012, was struck by how much kids progressed inside structured programs, and benchmarked alternatives before landing on Eye Level — drawn by what she calls an unusually analytical curriculum. The middle of the video walks through the operating story. Michelle took over an existing centre and has since grown the business six times that size, framing the lift more as right-attitude operation than the takeover itself. She positions Eye Level's pedagogy directly against alternatives: most enrichment programs focus on either the left or the right brain, while Eye Level trains both. She gives a six-month read on incoming students — children who arrive with shaky fundamentals end up more focused, calculating mentally instead of on their fingers, more confident in math, and more independent in how they answer. The closing arc shifts to franchise development. Michelle credits a recent awards event for exposing her to peer franchisees across other countries and other concepts, and to marketing and growth playbooks she now plans to use across her own five-to-ten-year roadmap. She closes with advice for prospects: scout the alternatives, then come back to Eye Level — the brand's commitment to continuous improvement is what makes it stand out for owners who are sure of what they're selling.